Biography
He does not seek to dance better than others, but he wants to dance better himself - this is all Mikhail Baryshnikov. He was called the greatest artist of the last century ballet. He is one of the elected Russians who influenced the fate of world ballet. His emigration has become an acquisition for the USA - they started talking about the fact that now the country can rightly be called a ballet power of the world. Fans called him just Misha, and critics stated that the ladies were the only Russian in the United States with one hundred percent recognition.Childhood and youth
Baryshnikov was born on January 27, 1948 in Riga. The family moved to Latvia, where Father Mikhail, the Soviet officer, sent a service. The eldest ladies were a hard man with a steep temper. Relations with his wife and son he had difficult. Misha's mother, on the contrary, tried to crush the son of the love of art, went to the theater with him, Philharmonic.
The boy was very tied to his mother. When he was 10 years old, the ladies had already identified his own biography - she said that he wanted to engage in a ballet school and already signed up for the exam. Mikhail Baryshnikov dreamed of soloing on stage, but his little height was a problem.
Somehow the teacher Helena Tangiyev said the student that he needed to grow. Every day, the ladies carried out the most complex exercises, overcome pain in the joints, and grew almost 4 cm. Today, the growth of the dancer is 168 cm at a weight of 65 kg.
At the age of 12, the mother took Misha to her grandmother on the Volga, and herself returned to Riga. There she committed suicide. The reason for suicide has remained a mystery. Son one time lived with his father, but he soon married the second time, the Misha was not found in the new family.
A few years later, the ladies moved to Leningrad, since that time he did not communicate with his father. In 1964, the Latvian National Opera was on tour in Leningrad. In some performances, Mikhail Baryshnikov was busy.
One of the artists led him to the Leningrad School of Choreography. So he became a student of the famous Russian ballet school, where he studied under the guidance of the teacher of Alexander Pushkin, the former Mentor Rudolph Nureyev. The result was not forced to wait a long time: soon in front of him opened his doors revealed "Marinka".
Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov arrived at the Mariinsky Theater immediately after the school, in 1967. Here he worked for 7 years. Baryshnikov instantly became famous. In 1973, the artist allowed to organize a creative evening and choose a repertoire independently. He invited modern choreographers to produce ballet dances in one act. At the evening, the dancer performed the "Prodigal Son", "Divertisment", "Daphnis and Chloe" - it was the top of his work in Russia.In the summer of 1974, Mikhail Baryshnikov did not return with the tour of Canada and became a non-return. The artist asked for political asylum, although the decision to remain in the West was difficult for him. Baryshnikov immediately received an invitation to join the troupe of the American Ballet Theater, where he became the prime minister, and then the leader.
He danced in classic and modern productions, put his own version of the "Nutcracker", worked with many choreographers in different directions. He managed to create a strong troupe, put the original version of Cinderella and Swan Lake. In the 1990s, together with choreographer Mark Morris in Florida, created the project "White Oak" and left the classic ballet.
His next stage was modern, which in America is valued just like a classic ballet. And here he surpassed himself, showing a new level of male dance, filling it with aesthetics and beauty. His solo ballets are monologues of confession, in which the topics of the life of life, the inevitability of death, reflections on creativity come to the fore.
Films
In 1974-2002, Mikhail Baryshnikov starred in six art films. For the role in the painting "Rotary Moment", filmed in 1977, the actor was nominated for Oscar as the best performer of the second plan. He also played in the paintings "Dancers", "This is a dance!", "Cabinet of Dr. Ramires", "Dinosaurs".
The viewers remembered the role of Mikhail Baryshnikov in the painting "White Nights", the popularity of the film was popular, where the artist dances under the song of Vladimir Vysotsky "Konii Koniy".
In the early 2000s, the Baryshnikov starred in the television series "Sex in the Big City", fulfilling the role of the artist Alexander Petrovsky, Karry Bradshow's beloved (Sarah Jessica Parker) in the last 6th season. Then, in the filmography of the artist, a role in the film "Jack Ryan was appeared. Chaos theory".
Personal life
The bright temperament of the artist could not not affect the personal life of Mikhail. He was attributed to novels not only with partner on stage, such as Gelcy Kirkland, but also with bright representatives of cinema and show business - Sharon Stone and Isabella Rossellini. The dancer himself was restrained in conversations with reporters on personal topics, for which he was even nicknamed by a person in a case.In the spring of 1976, Mikhail became acquainted with the actress Jessica Lang at one of the securities of Jessica Lang. Bright beauty artist ballet was presented as a "Girl King Cong." The feelings broke out between young people instantly, despite the language barrier. In love, I had to express in French, which, unlike English, was owned by Mikhail. In the early 80s, they were born daughter Alexander.
In the Union of Passion raised from the very beginning, so he was doomed. The dancer did not strive for exemplary relationships: he had a raw, but a short romance with Lisa Minnelli, later - with the mind of the turman.
For the second time, a man married Ballerina Lisa Reinhart. Mikhail said that he would never be able to understand an American, but he had a long relationship with his colleague. The woman left his career and devoted himself to her husband and children. Three heirs were born in this marriage - the son of Peter and daughter Anna and Sofia.
His life in America is not similar to the suffering of an emigrant. Mikhail Baryshnikov personally knew Jacqueline Kennedy, Princess Diana, was friends with Joseph Brodsky. It owns a popular restaurant of Russian cuisine Samovar, which is located on the central street of New York, in the house where Frank Sinatra lived before, and jazz clubs were located around. In the restaurant, Baryshnikov often it was often possible to hear the singing of his friend Joseph Brodsky under the accompaniment of the dancer himself. Friends loved to execute Russian romances for their friends.
Also, the artist has a plant for the production of pointes and clothes for ballet, its named spirits are sold as well as tickets to performances.
In August 2017, a man fell into the top 100 influential Russian century compiled by Forbes. In the same year, Baryshnikov received Latvian citizenship. Sejm Latvia unanimously voted on this issue.
Mikhail Baryshnikov Now
Now the Master not only successfully leads the Baryshnikov Arts Center art center and oversees its business projects, he also regularly rises to a ballet machine, supporting impeccable physical shape. From the scene, the hardworking and brilliant dancer while not going to leave.
Together with the director of the new Riga Theater Alvis Hermanis, he began working on the production of a "white helicopter" on the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. This is not the first job of Baryshnikov and Hermanis: Previously, they released a joint project "Brodsky / Baryshnikov", which saw the audience many countries of the world.
Repertoire
- 1969 - "Vestris" L. V. Jacobson
- 1969 - Romeo and Julia I. A. Chernyshova, Music of Hector Berlioz
- 1971 - "Creation of the World" N. D. Kasatkina and V. Yu. Vasileva, Music A. P. Petrova
- 1974 - "Daphnis and Chloe" M. Murdmaa, Maurice Ravel Music
- 1976 - "Other Dances" J. Balanchina, J. Robbins, Music F. Chopin
- 1978 - "Peak Lady" R. Petit, Music Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1984 - "Suite Sinatra" Tuiley Tarp, Music F. Sinatra
- 1985 - "Month in the village" F. Ashton, Music Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 2015 - "Letter to Man" Robert Wilson
Filmography
- 1968 - "City and Song"
- 1969 - "Tale about the Halop Nikishke"
- 1971 - "Fiesta"
- 1977 - "Turning point"
- 1985 - "White Nights"
- 1987 - "Dancers"
- 1991 - "Cabinet Dr. Ramires"
- 1991 - "Firm Case"
- 2004 - "Sex in the Big City"
- 2014 - "Jack Ryan. Chaos theory"